CVE-2010-1179 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Safari on Apple iPhone OS 3.1.3 for iPod touch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large integer in the numcolors attribute of a recolorinfo element in a VML file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-0024.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.91% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-03-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | iphone os |
| apple | safari |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple iOS Safari - Bad 'VML' Remote Denial of Service | 2010-03-26 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD